LAC 51:VI.1341 – Sale of Cold Storage Goods; Prohibited "Fresh" Food Claims [formerly paragraph 6:189]

A. It shall be a violation of the state sanitary code to sell or offer or expose for sale uncooked articles of food which have been held in cold storage without advising or notifying persons purchasing, or intending to purchase, such articles of food that they have been held in cold storage; and it shall be unlawful to represent or advertise as "fresh," articles of food which have been held in cold storage.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:4(A)(1)(a). Also see R.S. 40:601 et seq.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 28:1250 (June 2002).